Eisner Awards favor Saga, honor Jack Kirby

Last week, amid the trailers and announcements and other media hype of San Diego Comic, the 2017 Eisner Awards ceremony was held. Saga once again proves to be the industry’s favorite comic, receiving four awards, for best continuing series, best writer, best penciller, and best cover artist. Jack Kirby, who probably deserves to have an award named after him, finally received the Bill Finger Award in Excellence in Comic Book Writing, which is well-timed with what would have been Kirby’s 100th birthday coming next month. The Eisner Hall of Fame has grown to include Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez. Walt Simonson, George Perez, and Jim Starlin. DC, Dark Horse, and Image each had 5 creators receive Eisners, including Best New Series going to Jeff Lemire for Image Comics’ Black Hammer, and a sweet tale about Ace the Bat Hound winning Best Short Story for Tom King and DC comics.